OVERLAND™ — EST. 2024

MEET THE TEAM / LEAD GUIDES

The People
Who Lead

The guide determines the depth of the experience. Every OVERLAND lead guide is a specialist in their terrain — not a generalist with a map.

Elena Vásquez

EXPEDITIONS LISTED

Patagonia Full Circuit

Carretera Austral

Tierra del Fuego Traverse

01 / GUIDE

Elena Vásquez

Lead Expedition Guide — Patagonia & Andes

Elena has spent fifteen years navigating the southern latitudes. Born in Punta Arenas, she led her first commercial trek at nineteen and has since guided over 200 expeditions through Torres del Paine, Los Glaciares, and the remote fjords of Chilean Patagonia. She holds wilderness medicine certification and a deep respect for the weather systems that dictate everything south of 50°S.

High-wind navigation Glaciology field interpretation Wilderness medicine Spanish/English/Portuguese
Ingrid Storm

EXPEDITIONS LISTED

Iceland Highland Traverse

Norwegian Fjords Winter

Greenland Ice Sheet

02 / GUIDE

Ingrid Storm

Lead Expedition Guide — Arctic & Nordic

Ingrid was born in Tromsø and has spent her career in the high latitudes. She has crossed Greenland on skis twice, guided Iceland's Laugavegur over 60 times, and coordinated logistics for research expeditions in Svalbard. Her calm authority in whiteout conditions has earned the trust of everyone who has followed her rope.

Arctic survival Sea kayaking Ski touring Norwegian / English / Icelandic
Marcus Osei

EXPEDITIONS LISTED

East Africa Overland

Rwenzori Mountains

Ethiopian Highlands

03 / GUIDE

Marcus Osei

Lead Expedition Guide — East Africa

Marcus grew up watching wildlife from his family's farm on the edge of the Masai Mara. He trained as a wildlife biologist before becoming a guide, and that scientific foundation shows — he reads a landscape the way others read a map. Twelve years of professional guiding across Tanzania, Kenya, Uganda, and Ethiopia. He speaks six languages including Swahili, Maa, and Kikuyu.

Wildlife tracking and behavior African ecology Six languages Cultural liaison
Rajan Thapa

EXPEDITIONS LISTED

Everest Region Traverse

Annapurna Circuit

Upper Mustang Expedition

04 / GUIDE

Rajan Thapa

Lead Expedition Guide — Himalayas & High Asia

Rajan was born in Namche Bazaar, the same village that has sent more mountaineers to the summit of Everest than any other place on earth. He holds an advanced trekking guide certification from the Nepal Mountaineering Association and has guided the Khumbu region for eighteen years. He has summited Island Peak fourteen times and carries the route knowledge of someone who has walked every trail in every season.

High altitude physiology Sherpa culture and history Route finding above 5,000m Nepali / Sherpa / English